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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-08-20
w. c. T. U. COLUMN.
Edited and Compiled by the Women's
Christian Temperance Union.

Some affirm that for the church to
seek legal prohibition is "a confess
sion of failure and hopeless weakness
on the part of Christianity" Non
sense! The church does find the le-
galized traffic in drink a barrier to
success in her work of saving men,
and for this reason is justified in de-
handing that this barrier beremoved.
1t is an evidence of strength that the
church is making this demand with
an effectiveness that alarms advo-
Gates and apologists of the traffic.
Christ was q Healer of bodies. In
temperance is the ruin o fsouls. Shall
not the Church of Christ lift its loud
est protest against whatever tends to
defeat the divine mission of Jesus?
Christ was here to open the gates of
heaven to men. Intemperance shuts
these gates. No drunkard shall in
herit the kingdom of God. Shall
not the Church of Christ join hands
with the Master in doing what is pos
ible that just as many as possible may
be the heirs of the kingdom?
Christ was here to reconstruct and
purify society. Behold, l make all
things new" Intemperance tends
to thwart this high and holy aim.
Shall not the Church of Christ do
everything it can to put away what
ever binders this unfolding of COM
munities and nations in righteous
ness?
The simple facts that if there is one
evil more than another at which the
Church ought to strike with all its
might, and unweariedly, it is this
evil which has its roots in strong
drink.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-08-20

The sale of intoxicating liquors has
long since lost all claim to public sup
port on moral and social considera-
tions. Intelligent and good men are
unanimous in declaring it a nuisance
in both these respects. Today the
sole ground on which it appeals for a
legal existence is the financial consid-
Grafton. Business will be injured"
if the sale of liquor is prohibited
and this cry, as baseless as it is fool
ish, is echoed by both defenders and
apologists of a cruel and destructive
traffic, which not only preys upon
every legitimate business, but para
lyzes in myriad instances those fol
whom and by whom business exists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-08-20

The average life of the total alb
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-08-20

Subcribe for the STANDARD. Sl.OO.
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The Desert Land Law.

The commissioner OF the general land
office, with the approval OF the secretary
OF the interior, has issued to registers and
receivers OF United States land officers the
following amendatory order governing pro-
ceedings to obtain title to public lands I'M
der the desert land law:
Lands bordering upon streams, lakes or
other natural bodies OF water. or through,
or upon which there is any river, stream,
arroyo, lake, pond, body OF
water, or living spring are not subject to
entry under the desert land law until
the clearest proof of their desert character
Is furnished. Lands containing sufficient
moisture to produce natural growth oil
trees are not to be classed as desert lands.
Witnesses must in all cases state their
place OF actual residence, their business or
occupation and their postoffice address
The declaration and corroborating affida-
Wits may be made before either the regis
ter or receiver OF the land district in which
the lands are situated, or before the judge
or clerk OF court Of record of the country
in which the lands are situated and II the
lands are in an unorganized county then
the affidavit may be taken in an adjacent
county. The dispositions OF applicant and
witnesses in making final proof must be
taken in precisely the same manner. The
afidavits OF applicant and witnesses must
In every instance, either OF original appli
cation or final proof, be made at the same
time and place and before the same officer
Surveys OF desert land claims cannot be
made In advance OF the regular progress Of
the public surveys. Before final proofs
shall be submitted by any person claiming
| to enter lands under the desert land act
such persons will be required to file no.
| tice OF intention to make such proof, which
shall be published in the same manner as
required in homestead and presumption
cases. When ACCOMPLISHMENTS of desert
land entries are filed in the local land office
| the entries will be Cancelled by the register
| and receiver in the same manner as il
homestead, presumption and timber cul
| ture cases.
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Supreme Lodge United WOrkmen.

The supreme lodge, Ancient Order United
Workmen, in session at Milwaukee ad-
iourned on Tuesday June 2Sth, after an
eight days sess on. Among the important
legislation was q revision OF the laws defin-
ing the powers OF the supreme and grand
lodges adjusting the system OF relief ex-
tended to the different grand lodge
jurisdiction, based upon the mortality ex-
perience OF the organization during the past
ten years. The ritual adopted in 1886
WAS modified and revised. A proposition
to place monument over the grave Of
Father Upchurch, founder of the order in
Bellefontaine cemetary, St. Louis, and to
erect n memorial hall in Meadville, Pa, the
birth place OF the organization, was adopt
ed. The election OF officers was completed
as follows: George w. Badgerow, Ontario,
past supreme master workman; w. H.
Jordan, California, master workman; G..
M. Masters, Wisconsin, foreman;
w. X. Graham, Iowa, overseer; NJ. w.
Sackett, Pennsylvania, recorder; j. II.
Lenhart, Pennsylvania, receiver; j. II.
Child, Oregon, guide; William Butts, Mary.
land, watchman; S. B. Berry, Kansas, H.
j. Loomis, New York, and l.. l.. Troy,
Illinois, trustees.
standing committees-Laws: Judge
Frizzel, Nashville, Tenn; A. Orendorff,
Springfield, H.; J. w. Kinsley, Helena,
Mont. Finance: w. Warner, Wilson, Mich;
John j. Acker, Albany, N. Y. NJ. T. Brew.
or, San Francisco. Vital statistics: J. X.
Richardson, Missouri.
The membership was reported at $780,
600. The next session will be held at
Louisville, Ky, the third Tuesday OF
June 1883.
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Marshficld, Wis, DESTROYED by Fire.

On Monday afternoon, on the 9th inst,
fire broke out in the woodward fUpham' s
Manufacturing company and spread with
lightning like rapdity, in spite OF desper-
ate efforts on the part OF the citizens. At
3 o'clock the entire business part of
the town was lost and the flames
continued to rage. Nothing could
be done to save them, and almost
beside themselves the people stood
around and Saw the results OF years OF
hard labor go down. Little could be
saved. Late in the evening the fierce ele-
ment was stopped when nothing more
could be destroyed. The entire business
portion of the town was burned.
The losses cannot be estimated
closely, but will exceed, upon the
best OF calculation, 81, 100000, and are
but partly insured. But one store was
saved. About fifteen hundred people were
without shelter. Upham,s planning mill
and several other mills and all the depot
buildings OF the Wisconsin Central have
burned down.
Marshfield Wood county, Wis, is on
the main line OF the Wisconsin Central
railway. 1t is ISL miles from st. Paul
and PSI miles from Chicago. Its popula-
tion is :, 1000. The principal business in
terests of the place were it's saw mills,
furniture factory, planning mills, flour
mills and stave and heading factories. 1t
had several notes.-the fremont, Clark.
Eagle, Marshfield and American.
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When Trousers Were First Used.

Trousers came into use for General
wear with the French revolution. Tae
gentleman the supporter of royalty
and sound constitutional principles.
wore breaches. The term, '',an, GU
Iottcs sufficiently explained what were
not worn by the masses who forced
constitutional reform iuto revolution.
BY an apparent contradiction OF pur-
pose and principle the ''sans culottcs"
who denounced everyone VINO wore
breaches finally went beyond their OPP
ponents and wore twice as much cloth
around their legs in word, adopted
the modern trowsers and made ineLl
The badge OF party as well known as
class. Napoleon, who was too thin
at one period Of his life and too stout
at another to look his best in sma.i
clothes, nevertheless wore them Oh
state occasions after he had Sos up
throne and gone into the emperor bust
ness His army was the first that wore
trousers, and trousers made progress
in general adoption step by step with
the march CT the French army. The
French trousers and neat gater were
seen in Egypt, 10 Spain, III Italy, in
Germany, in Poland, and Russia, on
the banks of the Iagus and those OF
the Siotula. People thought that the
manner ID which great conquering
nation clad its legs was the model, and
when the trousers wearers marched OK
er the wearers ii p;gta Is and knee
brooches - Jean and Anerstadt, a de
ciSion was given from which the world
did not care to appeal. The world IS
usually easily convinced Of the wisdom
OF the victor. England stood out the
longest against trousers, but finally
she yieided. and her army marched to
Waterloo wearing the universal leg
tunnels. Our grand fathers generally
fell in with the ways of the world.
though federal sts here and there
would not yiold. There is story OF q
clergyman who. greeted with the
rough inquiry, How are you, priest -
responded How are you, democrat
How do you know I'm priest ~ BY
your dress, How do YOU know m 4
democratic" 'By your address, Doubt
less tie clergyman wore knee breeches.
while the admirer Of Jefferson and
'dangerous French principles cloth
/ ed his legs with trousers. -4tlaHt4
/ Cancellation
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English and German Needles.

German needle factories. says Ber-
lin paper, are now better fitted with
machinery than those of England.
though many OF the new machines in
vented in Germany are used IL England.
On the whole. the quality of the need
les. with the exception of sewing-ma-
chine needles produced better i'll Eng
land than in Germany. This is because
the old notion still prevails that English
needles must necessarily be good be-
cause they are English: the consequence
is that they fetch higher prices. In the
markets of the world, English needles
of medium and cheap qualities are for
most part driven from the field by those
OF German make. This is the case in
China. India, Mexico. on the LaPlata,
etc With regard to sewing-machine
needles, Germany completes still more
easily. They have no prejudice 10
overcome. and they command prices
from twenty to twenty-five per cent.
higher than those obtained for the Eng
lish goods. This is because they are
more curefully made and finished. a
quality which the makers of sewing
machines know how to value, Dealers
III Germany. however, often buy cheap
Englsh-made machine needles. Good
needles are still made in Germany OF
English wire. The reason Of this is
the extraordinary care and conscien-
tiousness with which the English pro
duce cast steel i'll uniform and reliable
quality. The process of needle making
themselves are carried ont in Germany
by such series of automatic machine
~ that little or nothing remains to be
done III this direction. One of the new
est inventions is self-acting power
machine for pearcing the eye, one
which English makers have not Yet in
use. With this machine 4 girl learns
her work in from eight to fourteen DAYS;
with the old machine years We're neces-
sary before she acquired the requisite
skill.
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He Declared the Bet Off.

The telephone in Fulton street butch-
er-shop rang out violently yesterday.
and the democratic man of meat an
swcred it.
lis that you, butcher came over
the wire.
~ es M"
We'll. send up to No. Clinton
avenue nice roast of beef and couple
of chickens. and be sure TO get them
here early
bet your hustle | will
whats that?''
You can just bet your -
"Do YOU know who You are talking
to. sir?"
MARY. the cook. Amt YOU Mary -
mo. sir, am not Mary; am Mrs.
-. and this is the last order you IT.
'Scuse me, mum; that bets off. -
Electrical RerieW.
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End Of the National Fiscal Year

Washington special it.e fscal year
closed With the close Of business on Thurs.
day June the 30th inst. An approximate
statement can be given rs to the fiscal re.
suits OF the year, and it will not material
ly differ from the tabulations which are
not generally made before Septem Der.
The receipts for the fiscal year exceed the
estimates very considerably. The receints
from internal revenue a"3 ANS, 500. :
600. Th.a liz $500. QQ3 lnois than
the estimates, and Is attrib-
uted to some extent to the large reteipts
from the teA upon piaomargarine Ihe e.
aelpts from eustoms VAL De about s''
600. 400 o.. $500" ~ more than t the
trehs"-1 estimates. The estimates were
made by Mr.. Manning. This amount is
more than was ever received before from
customs in any fiscal year excepting 1882.
But not withstanding the large receipts for
this year the treasury officials do not ex-
pect that there will be a continued
growth in the receipts from the customs in
the next year as there has been in the last,
and the estimates OF the custom income for
the next fiscal year are Sis, 900. 900.
There is nothing in the condition OF the
treasury to Indicate a material reduction in
the revenues or to make it seem probable
that the question OF the reduction of the
surplus will not be vital one Tor Il long
time to come. The surplus is very much re-
duced from the large figures OF one year
ago, and it is probably not more than one.
hall OF that sum. There will be many
new demands upon the treasury because the
appropriations for the new fiscal year be-
come available, and among the immediate
demands ure Tor the per cents called and
payable from after July l to the amount
OF SIS, 700, 900; S12, 900, 600 for pension,
and large sums for other purposes.
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and Sharp referred to as "a man honored
and respected up to his fall. who reared u
large family of children and grandchildren
until the tempter came and debauched
him" Sharp, Forshay & Kerr were re-
sponsible for tho raising OF $500, 600 by
the Broadway Surface company, which
large sum had mysteriously disappeared.
The judge charged, and after an absence
OF thirteen minutes returned into court
with II verdict Of guilty with Il recommen-
dation to mercy. Tho aged prisoner )
head dropped. He was removed to the
Ludlow street jail. Sentence will be pass
ed July l3. The penalty is not more than
ten years at hard labor or II fine OF So, 600
OF both. A new trial will be asked. The
verdict was reached on the first ballot
AS Sharp stepped to tho walk on his arrival
at the jail he said: Boys now it's all over.
| tell them | never gave one penny to Aid.
Fulgraff or amy other alderman, and had
no hand III brbing the alderman" With
this the old man seemed to brake down.
Sharp was tried for bribing members qi
the board OF aldermen OF 1884 to grant y
franchise to the Broadway Surface Rail
way company. The franchise was pa ssed
over the mayors veto. During the past
two years several Of the accused alder.
men, beginning with Jaehne, were convict
ed Of accepting bribes, ANA sent to Sing
Sing prison. Other members OF the board,
like Fulgraff, turned state's evidence. and
still Others betook themselves to Canada
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Che Sun.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,
Phil A rmour's Big Loss Of PORK.

One million two hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars went up In smoke at the Union
stock yards, Chicago. One Of the employees
OF the Chicago Packing and Provision com
pany discovered tire in the tank room. Ina
few moments one OF the tanks exploded seat
tering burning lard over the adjacent build
ings, and dozen separate fires were soon
competing with each other in the destrue-
ton of the immense establishment. TX
Cept the curing room, in which were "
'N ~ ~ds Of short ribs, the main
ants are Il total loss.
<l50 feet, and four
ooi, but stone ire
-, a portion OF
nndition. On
.ouse, 12o by
and a basement.
lt the south end
purposes. In the
100 barrels OF mess
.rmour x Co. The
the pork was wholly
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Conviction OF Jake Sharp.

In New York Wednesday, the Goth inst.
was the thirty fourth and last day OF the
trial OF Jacob Sharp, and # ended in convic.
tion. The aged defendant appeared much
more feeble than usual, walk ing
with much difficulty to his place.
After an address for the defence
Col. Fellows followed for'the prosecution.
The evidence was ample to show that
Sharp was guilty OF bribery. The history
OF Sharp's operations and the evidence In
all the Doodle trials were reviewed at length
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24th inst. panic was pre-
.pou the New York Exchange,
II Of Jay Gould's death, and the
tightuess OF money. stocks
from two to forty per cent. Man
An declined II: Missouri Pacific from
F.. to %; West ern Upion slid down UNI
I'll il had lost : 81, and Kansas and Texas
about 3. Texas aud Pacific would
nave gone even lower had i
not been for the nerve Of
Fisher the specialist in the stock, who
saw It drop 81, - -, when lie made up his
mind 10 make or break, and stood UP firm
u 20 take up all that was offered at that
figure Had 1t not been for his detefinina.
ton it would have gone TO 20 and perhaps
lower. Courage WAS regaiued. in meas
ure. in the last hour, and the market became
active and firm at the advance. Manhattan
ran up to 1876 again. Missouri Pacific lO3,
Lackawanna to l34b, Western Union 70 ! ,
and Northwestern to ll6t. The bond mar
ket was rather neglected and so suffered
less than might have been expected. Alto
sether il -gas an exciting day, for both
bulls and oeacs. hlt no serious results are
apprthenled.
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St. Joseph Academy at st. Pant.

This spacious institution OF learning ut
St. Paul. Tor the education of young ladies
= something more than an ordinary scho-
.asl-. 3rstit4tion. In it are taught many
other things OF 34aet;ce} Use. The exhibit
recently which tC4A o.a-z Il more
formal commencement exercises o.
curies three large rooms. In the
first one was an elaborate display OF fancy
needlework. plain sewing and the eNamina-
ctoe papers OF tbs scholars. The fancy
asqaI4u6r.. as greatly admired by hosts
pJ ,14ir0Es, auu w-ul< -. tone credit 10
the "tieg hands Ia plain sewing InJ c,s.
lection i veIT ostaH-yD and varied,
The exhibition pa pers ~ore Eiq"n on the
tables each paper dealing with the VARIOUS
branches taught In the class written IN
anawar 10 questions by The examiners, and
shown entirely uucorrected, Just as the pu.
pills finished them. As rule, the papers
showed more clearly than could bedone by
any formal exhibit the thorough training
the children have received. There are
number OF maps drawn by the younger pu-
pills very accurately and credltably.
Passing from the large exhibition
room into smaller apartment, the visit
Or found himself surrounded by a most
tempting display OF good things in the edi-
BILE line which showed skill and knowledge
on the part Of the youthful caterers TO deli
cate caste. The art exhibit occupies the
entire first door OF the west wing OF the
academy Many of the pictures are re.
markablv we'll extended The people OF
ST. Paul thronged the rooms for two days
and warm appreciation was shown to the
work OF apt scholars and faithful teachers.
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Little Pitchers,

MA" said baby at The supper table.
81 know why this cake is called angel
cake"
do You?"
Yes; it's because it's made by an an
gel. That's what pa told the cook. -
NeU York Sun.
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A Word of encouragement,

Oscar Wilde has turned novelist. We
are pleased to hear that he is trying to
earn an honest living. and hope that
his countrymen will appreciate his
works TO such an extent that the home
demand will render it impossible to OBJ
tain copy in this country. Baltimore
american
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-07-07
They We're Friends

\ robber met 4 coal dealer on lone,
ly road and stopped him.
Your money or your life said the
robber,. ....
Who. are you?' asked the coal
dealer.
Pm a highwayman." replied the
Good enough continued the coal
dealer. I'm a low-weighman. Shake.
We should be friends.
And they were. Merchant Trareler.
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Shocking Statistics.

There are over 12o, 600 people IN Massa-
chuSetts who cannot read or write.
Perhaps New England needs Blair
Bill, too. baltimore .4nterican
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Constitution Of knights of Labor.

Knights OF Labor the new constitution,
embodying many important changes, has
been adopted by about q three-quarters
vote. A clause providing for the forma-
ton OF national trades assemblies, sent
out separately from the constitution and
voted upon by local assemblies through
out the order, has also been adopted by
nearly the same vote. The national trades
assemblies, clause is probably the most i'm
portant OF the changes. 1t provides:
Any particular trade or calling may
form a national trade assembly, giving at
least three months notice to each local as
sembly the entire membership OF which is
composed OF such trade, II ten-day conven-
ton for the purpose Of forming national
trade assembly. At least two-thirds OF
the local assemblies must vote in favor OF
the trade assembly, and not less than ten
assemblies, if there be that number in the
order, may receive a charter.
Section 3 Of the article is not very strong,
however, as it still leaves the matter in
the hands of the general executive board,
which, if the law has been complied with,
may instruct the general secretary to issue
q charter.